"Coming Down" is my favorite US of A song.
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Sunday, 5 December 2010 20:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Doomed to split votes whatever they do.
― seandalai, Sunday, 5 December 2010 20:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow, totally forgot about 'Rockit'.
― O Permaban (NickB), Sunday, 5 December 2010 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
'Coming Down' is my favourite, too, but was more than happy to vote for 'Garden of Earthly Delights' as the only nom.
― emil.y, Sunday, 5 December 2010 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
These are the songs only I voted for, excluding 'secos & molhados' they were all my nominees. All of them are personal favorites but I'm honestly surprised noone else voted for 'hello dolly' and 'blues run the game':
Billie Holiday and Lester Young - When You're SmilingTricky - PoemsT.Rex - Raw RampSalcos - DemolicionLouis Armstrong - Hello Dolly!Jackson C. Frank - Blues Run the GameDusty Springfield - SpookyDavid Bowie - Letter to HermioneSecos e Molhados - Sangue Latino
― Moka, Sunday, 5 December 2010 20:36 (thirteen years ago) link
I think the tracks that I alone or just me and one other voted for make up most of my favourites of my ballot. A few notable exceptions, mind you.
― emil.y, Sunday, 5 December 2010 20:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Here's my fully weighted ballot:
Bing Crosby — White ChristmasBob Dylan — Like a Rolling StoneThe Beach Boys — God Only KnowsMichael Jackson — Billie JeanBig Mama Thornton — Hound DogFred Astaire — Cheek to CheekHenry Mancini — Moon River (Breakfast at Tiffany's)Fleetwood Mac — RhiannonClaude Debussy — Clair de Lune (Suite Bergamasque)Peggy Lee — FeverThe Beatles — She Loves YouGuns N' Roses — Welcome to the JungleDuke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra — Take the A-TrainThe Glenn Miller Orchestra — In the MoodScreamin’ Jay Hawkins — I Put a Spell on YouThe Who — Won’t Get Fooled Again“?” and The Mysterians — 96 TearsPrince and The Revolution — Purple RainBill Monroe — Blue Moon of KentuckyDepeche Mode — Enjoy the SilenceJackie Brenston and His Delta Cats — Rocket 88Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto — Girl From IpanemaGeorge Jones — He Stopped Loving Her TodayFats Waller — Ain’t Misbehavin’The Rolling Stones — Under My ThumbWillie Nelson — Blue Eyes Crying in the RainMadonna — Into the GrooveCab Calloway — Minnie the MoocherChuck Berry — Roll Over BeethovenNirvana — Smells Like Teen SpiritMiles Davis — So WhatRobert Johnson — Love in VainBob Dylan — Desolation RowThe Velvet Underground — HeroinThe Kinks — Waterloo SunsetJohnny Cash — Folsom Prison BluesChic — Good TimesMaurice Ravel — BoléroThe Rolling Stones — Gimme ShelterThe Platters — Smoke Gets in Your EyesJefferson Airplane — White RabbitThe Tornados — TelstarGrandmaster Flash and The Furious Five — The MessageAlvin Lucier — I Am Sitting in a RoomPatsy Cline — I Fall to PiecesNancy Sinatra — These Boots Are Made for Walkin'Dick Dale and The Deltones — MisirlouOrbital — Halcyon + On + OnThe Dave Brubeck Quartet — Take FiveGeorge McCrae — Rock Your BabyCarl Perkins — Blue Suede ShoesDr. Dre — Nothin' But a G ThangBritney Spears — …Baby One More TimeIggy and The Stooges — Search and DestroyTalking Heads — Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)Sex Pistols — Anarchy in the U.K.The Four Tops — Reach Out I'll Be ThereLeonard Cohen — HallelujahJames Brown — Cold SweatABBA — The Winner Takes it AllCarl Orff — O Fortuna (Carmina Burana)Julie Andrews — The Lonely Goatherd (The Sound of Music)The Jesus and Mary Chain — Just Like HoneySam Cooke — A Change Is Gonna ComeElvis Presley — Can't Help Falling in LoveThe Beach Boys — Good VibrationsJudy Garland — Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (original depression version sez Abbott)Raymond Scott — PowerhouseBenny Goodman Orch Carnegie Hall 1938 — Sing, Sing, SingDolly Parton — JoleneEtta James — At LastJohnny Nash — I Can See Clearly NowX-Ray Spex — Oh Bondage Up Yours!Bo Diddley — Hey Bo DiddleyMarvin Gaye — What's Goin' OnThe Magnetic Fields — The Book of LoveLink Wray and His Ray Men — RumbleTom Waits — Anywhere I Lay My HeadFrank Sinatra — Night and DayBrian Eno — Baby's on FireBing Crosby — Brother Can You Spare a Dime?Tommy James and The Shondelles — Crimson and CloverThe Kingsmen — Louie LouieBillie Holiday — Strange FruitBackstreet Boys — I Want it That WaySmokey Robinson and The Miracles — The Tracks of My TearsTammy Wynette — Stand By Your ManShuggie Otis — Strawberry Letter 23Martina McBride — Independence DayGlen Campbell — Wichita LinemanPet Shop Boys — Being BoringThey Might Be Giants — Anna NgEarth, Wind and Fire — SeptemberBlack Sabbath — Sabbath Bloody SabbathBlondie — AtomicMy Bloody Valentine — Only ShallowTom Petty and The Heartbreakers — American GirlCheap Trick — SurrenderDead Kennedys — Holiday in Cambodia
I hated to submit such a consensus ballot at the top, but it was honest. I thought the rap/R&B nominations were particularly poor.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Monday, 6 December 2010 15:04 (thirteen years ago) link
this doesn't really belong here, but nor does it belong anywhere else, so...
NOBODY LIKES ME (the abandoned):
.38 Special - Caught Up in You14 Iced Bears - Take ItA Tribe Called Quest - Sucka NiggaAbner Jay - DepressionAimee Mann - Save MeAlbert Mangelsdorff - The Wide PointAlexander Skip Spence - DianaAltered Images - Don't Talk to Me About LoveAmerican Music Club - Big NightAmy Grant - Baby, BabyAndonis Dalgas - Sousta PolitikiAndrew Lloyd Weber - Trial Before Pilate (Including the 39 Lashes) (Jesus Christ Superstar)Another Sunny Day - Anorak CityAnton Karas - The Third Man (aka The Harry Lime Theme)B.B. King - The Thrill Is GoneBarry Manilow - MandyBeat Happening - BewitchedBelle and Sebastian - Seymour SteinBig Star - Thank You FriendsBill Dixon - ShrikeBill Dixon Orchestra - Metamorphosis 1962-1966Bill Haley and The Comets - Shake, Rattle and RollBillie Holiday - I'm Painting the Town RedBilly Ocean - Carribean QueenBilly Strayhorn - Lush LifeBing Crosby - Little Drummer BoyBing Crosby - ParadiseBing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters - Don't Fence Me InBix Beiderbecke - In a Mist (Bixology)Bix Beiderbecke - Rhythm KingBix Beiderbecke - Riverboat ShuffleBjörk - Big Time SensualityBjörk - Come to MeBlind Lemon Jefferson - See That My Grave Is Kept CleanBlue Öyster Cult - Last Days of MayBoards of Canada - Everything You Do Is a BalloonBob Dorough - Four-Legged Zoo (Schoolhouse Rock)Bob Dylan - Most of the TimeBohannon - Summertime GrooveBooker T and The MGs - Born Under a Bad SignBoswell Sisters - Heebie JeebiesBrenda Lee - I Want to Be WantedBuffalo Springfield - I Am a ChildBurning Spear - Hey DreadyBusta Rhymes - Gimme Some MoreButthole Surfers - Freak in the CellarCab Calloway - Reefer ManCarmen Miranda - Rebola a BolaCarmen Miranda - Tico TicoCharlie Rich - Don't Put No Headstone on My GraveChuck Berry - You Never Can TellClydie King - One of Those for Crying Over You DaysCommon Sense - ResurrectionConnie - Rock MeCrude - This TownD'Angelo - Cruisin'Daniel Johnston - Speeding MotorcycleDe la Soul - Stakes Is HighDeep Purple - Highway StarDick Powell / Vitaphone Orchestra - I Only Have Eyes for YouDick Power and Ruby Keeler - You Gotta Know How to DanceDillinja - The Angels FellDo or Die - Po PimpDock Boggs - Old Rub AlcoholDrive-By Truckers - Zip CityDuke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Saddest TaleEast River Pipe - Make a Deal With the CityEddie Murphy - Boogie in Your ButtEmitt Rhodes - Somebody Made for MeErasure - Oh L'AmourEtta Moten and Joan Blondell - Remember My Forgotten ManEvelyn Champagne King - Love Come DownFats Waller - Blue Because of YouFela Kuti - ShakaraFelt - Evergreen DazedFlipper - LifeFrank Hutchison - StackaleeFrank Sinatra - BrazilFrank Sinatra - I'm a Fool to Want YouFrank Sinatra - You Make Me Feel So YoungFrank Zappa - Bobby Brown Goes DownFreddy Fender - Before the Next Teardrop FallsFugazi - Shut the DoorFunkadelic - Cosmic SlopGang Starr - Code of the StreetsGary Burton - Hullo BolinasGene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-LulaGenesis - Follow You Follow MeGenius/GZA - GoldGeorge McCrae - You Can Have it AllGeorge Michael - Hard DayGorky's Zygotic Mynci - Patio SongGracie Fields - Now Is the HourGustav Mahler - Der Abschied from Das Lied Von Der ErdeHaircut One Hundred - Love Plus OneHarry Nilsson - I Said Goodbye to MeHazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard - West Virginia, My Home"Henry Mancini - Theme from ""The Pink Panther"""Herbert Howells - Take Him, Earth, for CherishingHildegard Knef - Für mich soll's rote Rosen regnenHoagy Carmichael - StardustHorace Silver - Song for My FatherHoward Keel and Company - Sobbin' Women"Huey ""Piano"" Smith and His Clowns - Free, Single & Disengaged"Hunters and Collectors - Talking to a StrangerInstant Funk - I Got My Mind Made UpIrma Thomas - BreakawayIrving Berlin - Alexander's Ragtime BandIsaac Hayes - The Look of LoveJacob Miller - Girl Named PatJanet Jackson - IfJanis Joplin - Half MoonJapan - SwingJay-Z - Dead Presidents IIJean Michel Jarre - ZoolookJerry Reed - Eastbound and DownJessie Matthews - By the FiresideJoan Baez - Prison TrilogyJohn Cale and Terry Riley - Church of AnthraxJohn Coltrane - AlabamaJohn Fahey - AmericaJohn Tavener - The Protecting VeilJohnny Hates Jazz - Shattered DreamsJoni Mitchell - AmeliaJoni Mitchell - Chinese CaféJorge Ben - Taj Mahal / Fio Maravilha / Pais TropicalJudee Sill - The Lamb Ran Away With the CrownJudee Sill - The PearlJune Brides - In the RainKing Crimson - SleeplessKing Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Dippermouth BluesKool and The Gang - Give it UpKraftwerk - NumbersLady Ann - InformerLaura Nyro - I Am the BluesLaVern Baker - Soul on FireLe Mystere de Voix Bulgare - Mir Stanke LeLeadbelly - How LongLeadbelly - Take a Whiff on MeLed Zeppelin - In the EveningLed Zeppelin - Thank YouLee Wiley - Oh! Look at Me NowLeo Kottke - Vaseline Machine GunLester Flatt and Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain BreakdownLewis Taylor - SatisfiedLifter Puller - To Live and Die in LBILightning Seeds - PureLinda Scott - I've Told Every Little StarLionel Hampton - Central Ave. BreakdownLloyd Price - Lawdy Miss ClawdyLoretta Lynn - Blue Kentucky GirlLos Lobos - One Time, One NightLouis Armstrong - Cake Walking Babies from HomeLouis Armstrong - Heebie JeebiesLouis Prima and Keely Smith - That Ol' Black MagicLove - Seven & Seven IsLow - The PlanLucinda Williams - PineolaMarion Brown - Sweet Earth FlyingMarta Eggerth - Ein Lied, ein Kuß, ein MädelMarvin Gaye - YesterdayMaurice Jarre - Lara's Theme (Dr. Zhivago)Maze and Frankie Beverly - Before I Let GoMC5 - Ramblin' RoseMeredith Wilson - Till There Was You (The Music Man)Merle Haggard - Big CityMF Doom - Dead BentMinistry - ThievesMinutemen - Little Man With a Gun in His HandMission of Burma - That's How I Escaped My Certain FateMose Allison - Everybody's Crying MercyMrs. Miller - A Lover's ConcertoMy Bloody Valentine - Drive All Over MeNaftule Brandwein - Heyser BulgarNapalm Death - You SufferNeil Young - Harvest MoonNina Simone - Little Girl BlueNusret Fateh Ali Khan - Mustt MusttOasis - SupersonicOlatunji - AkiwowoOnyx - SlamOrbital - The Girl With the Sun in Her HeadOriginal Dixieland Jazz Band - Tiger RagOrnette Coleman - Humpty DumptyOtis Clay - Trying to Live My Life Without YouPat Metheny Group - Phase DancePeter Gabriel - San JacintoPeter Gabriel - Shock the MonkeyPhil Ochs - Outside of a Small Circle of FriendsPhillip Glass - KoyaanisquatsiPola Negri - ParadisePrince - Pussy ControlPrince and The New Power Generation - Sexy M.F.Professor Longhair - Baby, Let Me Hold Your HandR.E.M. - Pretty PersuasionRam Jam - Black BettyRay Barretto - AbidjanRay Price - Night LifeRed House Painters - Grace Cathedral ParkRichard O'Brien - Bitchin' in the KitchenRichard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein - You've Got to Be Carefully TaughtRobbie Basho - Orphan's LamentRoy Rogers and Dale Evans - Happy TrailsRudy Vallee - Brother Can You Spare a Dime?Samsimar - Indang PariamanSandy Denny - By the Time it Gets DarkSeefeel - SpangleSidney Bechet - BlackstickSilver Apples - LovefingersSimon Dupree and The Big Sound - KitesSinéad O'Connor - MandinkaSlade - Mama Weer All Crazee NowSmokey Robinson and The Miracles - I Don't Blame You at AllSol Hoopii - Fascinating RhythmSonic Youth - Tom ViolenceSonic Youth - Tuff GnarlSonny Rollins - St. ThomasSons of the Pioneers - Way Out ThereSoul Coughing - Is Chicago, Is Not ChicagoSpacemen 3 - Big City (Everybody I Know Can Be Found Here)Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant - Stratosphere BoogieStevie Wonder - If it's MagicSugar - The Act We ActSylvia - Pillow TalkTalk Talk - Life's What You Make ItTeddy Hill and His NBC Orchestra - King Porter StompTeddy Pendergrass - Love TKOTen City - That's the Way Love IsThe Afghan Whigs - Uptown AgainThe Beatles - Within You Without YouThe Blue Nile - Let's Go Out TonightThe Byrds - 100 Years From Now (Gram Parsons vocal)The Coasters - Riot in Cell Block Number NineThe Delmore Brothers - Brown's Ferry BluesThe Fall - Bingo Masters BreakoutThe Fall - Gut of the QuantifierThe Fall - New Face in HellThe Four Kings - Non Stop DancingThe Impressions - It's All RightThe Impressions - You Must Believe MeThe Index - Israeli BlueThe Isley Brothers - Between the SheetsThe Louvin Brothers - Knoxville GirlThe Marx Brothers - Lydia the Tattooed LadyThe Melodians - You Have Caught MeThe Monkees - Pleasant Valley SundayThe Oblivians - Bad ManThe O'Jays - I Love MusicThe Passions - I'm in Love With a German Film StarThe Primitives - Really StupidThe Raincoats - No Side to Fall InThe Replacements - Within Your ReachThe Rolling Stones - 2000 Light Years From HomeThe Soul Stirrers - Nearer to Thee"The Sound Stage Orchestra - Theme from ""Grandstand"""The Spinanes - Lines and LinesThe Staple Singers - Uncloudy DayThe Steve Miller Band - AbracadabraThe Surfaris - Wipe OutThe Techniques - Love Is Not a GambleThe Temptations - Ain't Too Proud to BegThe Vengaboys - We Like to Party (The Vengabus)The Who - You Better You BetThe Wipers - Can This BeThem - My Lonely Sad EyesTim Buckley - Sweet SurrenderTodd Rundgren - It Wouldn't Have Made Any DifferenceTodd Rundgren - The Last RideTom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Jammin' MeTom Waits - Take it With MeTone Lo-c - Funky Cold MedinaTony Bennett and k.d. lang - MoonglowTony Renis - Quando, Quando, QuandoToru Takemitsu - A Flock Descends Into the Pentagonal GardenTouch and Go - Would You…?Urge Overkill - Sister HavanaVera Hall - Wild Ox MoanWhodini - Magic's WandWilbert Harrison - Kansas CityWillie Hutch - I Choose YouWorld Party - Ship of FoolsWorld's Famous Supreme Team - Hey DJXavier Cugat and His Orchestra - FrenesiYellow Magic Orchestra - Absolute Ego DanceYes - Your MoveYma Sumac - Taki RariYo La Tengo - Ballad of Red BucketsYo La Tengo - Big Day ComingYo La Tengo - Center of Gravity
― phish in your sleazebag (contenderizer), Monday, 6 December 2010 17:35 (thirteen years ago) link
^ 289 songs that were nominated but that no one voted for. some real surprises in that list, the louvin brothers "knoxville girl" not the least of them. includes my leadbelly nom, "take a whiff on me", abandoned cuz i had to vote for "goodnight irene".
― phish in your sleazebag (contenderizer), Monday, 6 December 2010 17:39 (thirteen years ago) link
songs that got no votes that i'd have been perfectly happy to vote for. but didn't:
Anton Karas - The Third Man (aka The Harry Lime Theme)Bill Haley and The Comets - Shake, Rattle and RollChuck Berry - You Never Can TellDaniel Johnston - Speeding MotorcycleEast River Pipe - Make a Deal With the City (didn't notice this in the list the 1st time around! so good.)Fela Kuti - ShakaraFunkadelic - Cosmic SlopJerry Reed - Eastbound and DownLeadbelly - Take a Whiff on MeLester Flatt and Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown (what the fuck is wrong with me that i didn't vote for this?)Love - Seven & Seven Is (!!!)MC5 - Ramblin' RoseMinutemen - Little Man With a Gun in His HandMission of Burma - That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate (both of these two cut at the last minute from my ballott)Phil Ochs - Outside of a Small Circle of FriendsPhillip Glass - KoyaanisquatsiRam Jam - Black Betty (goddam, another i missed that i would have voted for in a heartbeat)Rudy Vallee - Brother Can You Spare a Dime? (dunno whether or not this is the essential version, but a hell of a song no matter what)The Beatles - Within You Without YouThe Fall - Bingo Masters BreakoutThe Louvin Brothers - Knoxville GirlThe Rolling Stones - 2000 Light Years From HomeThe Surfaris - Wipe Out (!!!)The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud to BegThe Who - You Better You BetTone Lo-c - Funky Cold MedinaUrge Overkill - Sister Havana (a guilty pleasure, really struggled to cut this one)Wilbert Harrison - Kansas CityYma Sumac - Taki Rari
― phish in your sleazebag (contenderizer), Monday, 6 December 2010 17:54 (thirteen years ago) link
I voted for the Bing Crosby version of "Brother Can You Spare a Dime", kinda ridiculous that it had 2 versions nominated. Sad to see "Alexander's Ragtime Band" get shut out, but I already had 2 Irving Berlin songs in my top 10 and didn't really feel like voting for another.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Monday, 6 December 2010 18:08 (thirteen years ago) link
There are quite a few on the no-voters list that I came very close to voting for, but cut at the last minute (for instance, having Hildegard Knef, Lucia Pamela, the Shaggs AND Mrs Miller was just far too much). Particularly sad about Daniel Johnston and the Raincoats, as those weren't even the victim of vote-splitting. 'Magic's Wand' by Whodini was on my ballot for ages until I realised I was being a bit silly.
― emil.y, Monday, 6 December 2010 18:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Also, I don't think I actually noticed Love on the list, even though they had more than one song nominated - don't remember them even being on my first shortlist of around 300 songs, and they definitely would have been had I seen them.
― emil.y, Monday, 6 December 2010 18:41 (thirteen years ago) link
I nominated "Sweet Surrender" and it was the last song I cut. Wish I hadn't.
― sofatruck, Monday, 6 December 2010 19:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Herbert Howells - Take Him, Earth, for CherishingWould've totally voted for this if I'd noticed it on the ballot. And Slade. And The Primitives.
(I wasn't keen on the clustering of all the artists starting with 'The' on the ballot btw, my eyes just glazed over after a while)
― Jeff W, Monday, 6 December 2010 20:38 (thirteen years ago) link
didn't keep a copy of my ballot but i know that i ranked at least all of the elvis tracks at the top. i don't think there were any others in the ranked section. 'Baby let's play house' was definitely no.1, can't remember the order of the other 3.
Elvis Presley — Baby Let's Play HouseElvis Presley — All Shook UpElvis Presley — Can't Help Falling in LoveElvis Presley — Hound Dog
10cc — I'm Mandy Fly MeABBA — S.O.S.Al Green — Here I AmArab Strap — The Girls of SummerAretha Franklin — Say a Little PrayerBee Gees — Stayin' AliveBen E. King — Stand By MeBig Star — September GurlsBo Diddley — Who Do You LoveBob Dylan — Visions of JohannaBritney Spears — …Baby One More TimeBuddy Holly — Well…All RightCarpenters — Goodbye to LoveChic — Good TimesChris Bell — I Am the CosmosChuck Berry — Johnny B. GoodeCreedence Clearwater Revival — LodiDavid Bowie — Life on Mars?Desmond Dekker — IsraelitesDevo — Uncontrollable UrgeDolly Parton — JoleneDonna Summer — I Feel LoveDuke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra — Jack the BearEddie Cochran — Summertime BluesElvis Costello and The Attractions — Pump it UpFleetwood Mac — Go Your Own WayFrankie Lymon and The Teenagers — Why Do Fools Fall in LoveFred Astaire — Cheek to CheekGlen Campbell — Wichita LinemanGram Parsons and Emmylou Harris — Love HurtsHank Mizzell — Jungle RockJerry Lee Lewis — Great Balls of FireJerry Lee Lewis — Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' OnJohnny Cash — I Walk the LineJohnny Nash — I Can See Clearly NowJoni Mitchell — A Case of YouJoy Division — AtmosphereKate Bush — Wuthering HeightsLaurie Anderson — O SupermanLes Paul and Mary Ford — How High the MoonLittle Richard — LucilleLouis Armstrong — What a Wonderful WorldLove — You Set the SceneMarvin Gaye — I Heard it Through the GrapevineMaurice Williams and The Zodiacs — StayMisty in Roots — Intro/Mankind (Live at the Counter Eurovision)New Order — TemptationNick Drake — Northern SkyNick Drake — Which WillNirvana — Lounge ActOlivia Newton-John — XanaduOtis Redding — I've Been Loving You Too LongPatsy Cline — I Fall to PiecesPavement — Stop Breathin'Prince and The Revolution — When Doves CryPublic Enemy — Welcome to the TerrordomePulp — Common PeopleQueen — Bohemian RhapsodyR.E.M. — Find the RiverRobert Johnson — Terraplane BluesRoy Orbison — CryingSister Sledge — Lost in MusicSlint — Good Morning, CaptainSmokey Robinson and The Miracles — The Tracks of My TearsSonic Youth — Expressway to Yr SkullSteely Dan — Babylon SistersStevie Wonder — SuperstitionSuper Furry Animals — Ice Hockey HairTalk Talk — I Believe in YouTammy Wynette — Stand By Your ManThe Beach Boys — Surf's UpThe Beatles — Strawberry Fields ForeverThe Byrds — I'll Feel a Whole Lot BetterThe Carter Family — Wildwood FlowerThe Crystals — Da Doo Ron RonThe Everly Brothers — All I Have to Do Is DreamThe Flamingos — I Only Have Eyes for YouThe Glenn Miller Orchestra — Moonlight SerenadeThe Penguins — Earth AngelThe Platters — Smoke Gets in Your EyesThe Rolling Stones — Gimme ShelterThe Ronettes — Be My BabyThe Smiths — This Charming ManThe Specials — Ghost TownThe Stylistics — You Make Me Feel Brand NewThe Supremes — You Keep Me Hangin' OnThe Undertones — Teenage KicksThe Upsetters — Black PantaThe Wedding Present — KennedyToots and The Maytals — Pressure DropTricky — AftermathVan Morrison — Astral WeeksVan Morrison — Into the MysticWarren Zevon — Accidentally Like a MartyrWilson Pickett — In the Midnight HourWreckless Eric — Whole Wide World
thanks johnny fever and seandalai, it was a blast.
― xavi hoarder type (whatever), Monday, 6 December 2010 21:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Ah, found mine at last.
WEIGHTED:1. The Beach Boys — God Only Knows2. The Kinks — Waterloo Sunset3. Yes — Close to the Edge4. David Bowie — Heroes5. Carpenters — Goodbye to Love6. Blondie — Dreaming7. Chic — Good Times8. The Clash — Complete Control9. Flamin' Groovies — Shake Some Action10. Gary Numan / Tubeway Army — Are Friends Electric?11. Gram Parsons — $1000 Wedding12. The Beatles — Penny Lane13. Stevie Wonder — Living for the City14. Joni Mitchell — Both Sides Now15. Aretha Franklin — Say a Little Prayer16. The Jackson 5 — I Want You Back17. Kraftwerk — Autobahn18. Magazine — A Song From Under the Floorboards19. Sylvester — You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)20. Leonard Cohen — Hallelujah21. Lionel Richie — All Night Long22. Pink Floyd — Shine on You Crazy Diamond pt. I23. Billie Holiday — Strange Fruit24. Donna Summer — I Feel Love25. Eric B and Rakim — I Know Who Got Your Soul26. Michael Jackson — Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough27. Gladys Knight and The Pips — Midnight Train to Georgia28. Marvin Gaye — I Heard it Through the Grapevine29. Roxy Music — Street Life30. The Only Ones — Another Girl Another Planet31. Smokey Robinson and The Miracles — The Tracks of My Tears32. The Righteous Brothers — You've Lost That Loving Feeling33. The The — This Is the Day34. Patti Smith — Gloria35. Loose Ends — Hangin' on a String (Contemplating)
UNWEIGHTED:ABBA — The Winner Takes it AllAl Green — Let's Stay TogetherAlthea and Donna — Uptown Top RankingBlue Öyster Cult — Don't Fear the ReaperBoston — More Than a FeelingBronski Beat — Smalltown BoyBuzzcocks — Ever Fallen in LoveDiana Ross — Upside DownDionne Warwick — Walk on ByEarth, Wind and Fire — SeptemberEtta James — At LastFleetwood Mac — TuskFrankie Valli and The Four Seasons — The NightGo-Go's — Our Lips Are SealedHenry Mancini — Moon River (Breakfast at Tiffany's)Isaac Hayes — Theme from "Shaft"Japan — GhostsJimi Hendrix Experience — Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)Joe Jackson — It's Different for GirlsJohn Martyn — Solid AirKate Bush — CloudbustingLed Zeppelin — Stairway to HeavenLL Cool J — Rock the BellsLuther Vandross — Never Too MuchM — Pop MuzikMadonna — Like a PrayerNeneh Cherry — Buffalo StanceNew Order — Blue MondayNirvana — Smells Like Teen SpiritOrange Juice — Blue BoyOtis Redding — I've Been Loving You Too LongPatrice Rushen — Forget Me NotsPatsy Cline — CrazyPet Shop Boys — Being BoringPrince and The Revolution — KissPublic Enemy — Fight the PowerPublic Image Ltd. — Swan LakeRamones — Blitzkrieg BopRobert Wyatt — ShipbuildingRubén Blades and Willie Colón — Pedro NavajaS.O.S. Band — Just Be Good to MeSex Pistols — Holidays in the SunShuggie Otis — Strawberry Letter 23Simon and Garfunkel — Bridge Over Troubled WaterSister Sledge — Lost in MusicSoft Cell — Say Hello, Wave GoodbyeSparks — This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of UsStan Getz and Astrud Gilberto — Girl From IpanemaTelevision — Marquee MoonThe Archies — Sugar, SugarThe Breeders — CannonballThe Doobie Brothers — What a Fool BelievesThe Four Tops — Reach Out I'll Be ThereThe Monkees — I'm a BelieverThe Pop Group — She Is Beyond Good and EvilThe Rolling Stones — Gimme ShelterThe Ronettes — Be My BabyThe Saints — (I'm) StrandedThe Shangri-Las — Leader of the PackThe Smiths — There Is a Light That Never Goes OutThe Temptations — Papa Was a Rolling StoneTom Tom Club — Genius of LoveWire — Outdoor MinerWomack and Womack — TeardropsYaz(oo) — Only You
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 12:21 (thirteen years ago) link
'Magic's Wand' by Whodini was on my ballot for ages until I realised I was being a bit silly.
If I'd known anyone else anywhere was seriously considering voting for it, I'd have organized an off-board voting block.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 12:24 (thirteen years ago) link
#1) Otis Redding — I've Been Loving You Too Long Can — Future DaysKing Crimson — ExilesLionel Richie — All Night LongMotorpsycho — The Golden Core Motorpsycho — Mad SunNick Drake — Hazey Jane IIEric Serra — The Big Blue OvertureRay Charles — Georgia on My MindJim O'Rourke — Ghost Ship in a StormSmashing Pumpkins — 1979Nirvana — Lounge ActMadness — Our HouseKing Crimson — I Talk to the WindKraftwerk — Computer Love Kate Bush — CloudbustingGenesis — Firth of FifthEmerson, Lake and Palmer — The Endless Enigma 1Daryl Hall and John Oates — Method of Modern LoveBig Country — In a Big CountryMickey and Sylvia — Love Is StrangeNora Bayes and Jack Norworth — Shine On, Harvest MoonSouls of Mischief — 93 'Til InfinityThe Moody Blues — The Actor The Psychedelic Furs — Love My WayQ Lazzarus — Goodbye HorsesSimon and Garfunkel — AmericaRobert Wyatt — Sea SongChristopher Cross — SailingArthur Russell — A Little LostFrankie Valli and The Four Seasons — Can't Take My Eyes Off YouGrateful Dead — Friend of the DevilKansas — Dust in the WindNirvana — AneurysmOrchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark — Maid of OrleansSmokey Robinson and The Miracles — Tears of a ClownThe Monkees — Porpoise SongThe Smiths — This Charming ManXTC — Making Plans for NigelThe Beatles — Penny LaneNick Drake — Northern SkyNick Drake — Place to BeNick Drake — River ManOffspring — Self EsteemFleetwood Mac — RhiannonBrian Eno — St. Elmo's FireBelle and Sebastian — Dirty Dream Number TwoArcher Prewitt — Good ManArto Lindsay Trio — ImbueDonovan — Hurdy Gurdy ManElis Regina and Tom Jobim — Aguas de MarcoCyndi Lauper — Time After TimeThe Beach Boys — God Only KnowsThe Stone Roses — I Wanna Be AdoredYes — Close to the EdgeGrandmaster Flash and The Furious Five — The MessageEmerson, Lake and Palmer — TrilogyEmerson, Lake and Palmer — JerusalemAztec Camera — Somewhere in My HeartDaryl Hall and John Oates — Private EyesGeorge Michael — Careless WhisperGrateful Dead — Box of RainGuided By Voices — Tractor Rape ChainMarvin Gaye — What's Goin' OnPeter Gabriel — In Your EyesRobert Fripp and Brian Eno — Evening StarRobert Wyatt — The Age of Self Robert Wyatt — ShipbuildingThe Everly Brothers — Cathy's ClownToto — AfricaTommy James and The Shondelles — I Think We're Alone NowVan Der Graaf Generator — A Plague of Lighthouse KeepersVince Guaraldi Trio — Linus and LucyThe Stylistics — You Make Me Feel Brand NewJohn Lennon — Jealous GuyJoe Jackson — It's Different for GirlsBelle and Sebastian — The State I Am In#78) Michael Jackson — Billie Jean
#79) Beck — LoserBelle and Sebastian — Get Me Away From Here I'm DyingBob Marley and The Wailers — Buffalo SoldierBrian Eno — Third UncleBronski Beat — Smalltown BoyBuzzcocks — Ever Fallen in LoveCat Stevens — Wild WorldDon Henley — The Boys of SummerElvis Presley — Heartbreak HotelFaust — JenniferGenesis — Carpet CrawlersGrateful Dead — Uncle John's BandGuided By Voices — I Am a ScientistHeart — Magic Man Harry Nilsson — Everybody's Talkin'Musical Youth — Pass the DutchieNirvana — Negative CreepOasis — Champagne SupernovaPaul Simon — Me and Julio Down By the SchoolyardPink Floyd — Astronomy DomineAztec Camera — Oblivious#79) King Crimson — Starless
― ZOUNDS! (CaptainLorax), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Ernie K. Doe — Mother-in-LawMickey and Sylvia — Love Is StrangeDel Shannon — RunawayAndrea True Connection — More, More, MoreRay Parker, Jr. — GhostbustersFela Kuti — Sorrow, Tears and BloodPublic Enemy — Bring the NoiseRandy Newman — Louisiana 1927The Rolling Stones — Under My ThumbNew York Dolls — TrashThe KLF — Justified and AncientRob Base and DJ E-Z Rock — It Takes TwoBurning Spear — Marcus GarveyStevie Wonder — SuperstitionMarvin Gaye — I Heard it Through the GrapevineElmore James — It Hurts Me TooPatsy Cline — I Fall to PiecesPet Shop Boys — Can You Forgive HerPrince — Little Red CorvettePulp — Common PeopleIke and Tina Turner — River Deep, Mountain HighGeto Boys — Mind Playing Tricks on MeBuzzcocks — What Do I GetThe Spinners — I'll Be AroundMadonna — Into the Groove
Aaron Neville — HerculesAl Green — Here I AmAlthea and Donna — Uptown Top RankingBackstreet Boys — I Want it That WayBarrett Strong — Money (That's What I Want)Billie Holiday — Strange FruitBlondie — Hanging on the TelephoneBo Diddley — Who Do You LoveBuddy Holly — Peggy SueChuck Berry — Roll Over BeethovenDe La Soul — Eye KnowDusty Springfield — I Just Don't Know What to Do With MyselfElvis Presley — Suspicious MindsFleetwood Mac — DreamsFrank Sinatra — Night and DayFunkadelic — One Nation Under a GrooveGary U.S. Bonds — Quarter to ThreeGeorge Jones — He Stopped Loving Her TodayGeorge McCrae — Rock Your BabyGinuwine — PonyGrandmaster Flash and The Furious Five — The MessageHowlin' Wolf — Smokestack LightningIggy Pop — Lust for LifeJames Brown — Papa Don't Take No MessJoe Turner — Shake, Rattle and RollJoni Mitchell — Help MeJoy Division — TransmissionKate Bush — Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)KC and The Sunshine Band — Get Down TonightLittle Richard — LucilleLos Del Rio — MacarenaLouis Armstrong — StardustMichael Jackson — Don't Stop 'Til You Get EnoughMississippi John Hurt — Stack O'LeeMott the Hoople — All the Young DudesMuddy Waters — Hoochy Coochie ManNew Order — TemptationNew Radicals — You Get What You GiveNext — Too CloseOtis Redding — Sittin' on the Dock of the BayPere Ubu — Non-Alignment PactPhil Phillips — Sea of LoveProfessor Longhair — Mardi Gras in New OrleansRamones — Bonzo Goes to BitburgRay Charles — What'd I SayRobert Johnson — Come on in My KitchenRod Stewart — Maggie MaySam and Dave — Hold on, I'm Comin'Sam Cooke — CupidSister Sledge — Lost in MusicSly and The Family Stone — Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)Smashing Pumpkins — 1979Smokey Robinson and The Miracles — The Tracks of My TearsSonic Youth — Teen Age RiotSylvester — You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)The (English) Beat — Save it for LaterThe 13th Floor Elevators — You're Gonna Miss MeThe Big Bopper — Chantilly LaceThe Byrds — I'll Feel a Whole Lot BetterThe Cadillacs — SpeedoThe Chiffons — One Fine DayThe Chords — Sh-BoomThe Clash — Train in VainThe Crystals — And Then He Kissed MeThe Drifters — There Goes My BabyThe Easybeats — Friday on My MindThe Flamingos — I Only Have Eyes for YouThe Gap Band — Burn RubberThe Human League — Don't You Want MeThe Modern Lovers — RoadrunnerThe Psychedelic Furs — Love My WayThe Velvet Underground — Rock n' RollTommy James and The Shondelles — I Think We're Alone NowWarren G — RegulateWillie Nelson — Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
― gospodin simmel, Thursday, 9 December 2010 01:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Stuff I voted for and which made the top 125:
Althea and Donna — Uptown Top RankingBillie Holiday — Strange FruitDavid Bowie — HeroesDeee-lite — Groove Is in the HeartElis Regina and Tom Jobim — Aguas de MarcoGil Scott-Heron — The Revolution Will Not Be TelevisedGlen Campbell — Wichita LinemanKraftwerk — AutobahnNeil Young and Crazy Horse — Cortez the KillerNew Order — Ceremony (NOMINATED)Prince and The Revolution - When Doves CryRon Grainer and Delia Derbyshire — Theme from "Dr. Who"Roxy Music — Virginia Plain (NOMINATED)Sonic Youth — Teen Age RiotThe Specials — Ghost TownStan Getz and Astrud Gilberto — Girl From IpanemaStereolab — Jenny OndiolineTalking Heads - This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)Television — Marquee Moon (NOMINATED)The Flamingos — I Only Have Eyes for YouThe Smiths — There Is a Light That Never Goes OutThe Smiths — This Charming Man
Stuff from the 125 that I would have found room for if I hadn't inexplicably overlooked them in nominations list:
Laurie Anderson - O SupermanM|A|R|R|S - Pump Up the VolumeNancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood - Some Velvet MorningScreamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell on You
Artists for whom I backed the 'wrong' song:
Nina Simone - SinnermanPulp - Common People
Some stuff that placed outside the top 125:
Afrika Bambaataa — Planet RockArt Ensemble of Chicago — Theme de yoyoAudio Two — Top Billin' (NOMINATED)Bela Bartok - Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta: III. Adagio (NOMINATED)Charles Trenet - La MerDionne Warwick — Walk on ByEdgard Varèse — Poème électroniqueEnnio Morricone — L'Estasi dell'Oro (The Ecstacy of Gold)Ennio Morricone — The Man With the Harmonica (Once Upon a Time in the West)Eric B and Rakim — Paid in FullFrance Gall — Laisse tomber les fillesFrancis Lai — Un homme et une femme (Theme)György Ligeti — AtmosphéresIannis Xenakis — La Legende d'EerIgor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring: pt. I (NOMINATED)Jacques Brel — Ces Gens-LàJohn Barry — Theme from "Midnight Cowboy"Karlheinz Stockhausen - Gesang der Junglinge (NOMINATED)Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme (NOMINATED)Olivier Messiaen - Quatuor pour la fin du temps (NOMINATED)Orange Juice - Blue BoyPierre Schaeffer - Etude aux chemins de fer (NOMINATED)The Associates - Party Fears Two (NOMINATED)The Magnetic Fields - 100,000 Fireflies (NOMINATED)The Pop Group — She Is Beyond Good and EvilThe Saints — Know Your Product (NOMINATED)The Shaggs — My Pal Foot FootThe Slits — So ToughThe Sugarcubes — Birthday (NOMINATED)The Walker Brothers — The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine AnymoreThe Yardbirds — Happening Ten Years Time AgoVera Lynn — We'll Meet Again (NOMINATED)Wu Tang Clan — Protect Ya NeckX-Ray Spex — Oh Bondage Up Yours!Yoko Ono — Why
Some stuff I was utterly alone in voting for:
Anton Webern - Six Pieces for Large Orchestra, Op.6: III. MassigGal Costa - Baby (NOMINATED)Incredible String Band - First Girl I Loved (NOMINATED)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!
Are you me?
― Moka, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 04:41 (ten years ago) link
Actually just checked itt and my ballot is very different but I still love this one.
― Moka, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 04:46 (ten years ago) link
This was a fun poll.